March 12, 2009

They are not outlandishly sinewy Madonnaesque limbs. Obama’s athletic arms are achievable—in between the kids’ soccer practice, the executive suite, and the grocery store. Those arms represent personal time. They are evidence of a forty-five-year-old woman’s refusal to give up every free moment in service to husband, kids, and all the nagging distractions that could have filled her days and left her tuning in to “Oprah,” trying to figure out how she’d lost herself along the way. The arms imply vanity and power: two things that make many women uncomfortable and yet are fundamental to self-confidence.

ADJECTIVE: 1. Endowed with the power of speech. 2. Composed of distinct, meaningful syllables or words, as human speech. 3. Expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language: an articulate speaker. 4. Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language: an articulate essay. 5. Anatomy Consisting of sections united by joints; jointed.

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...and till then who knewThe force of those dire Arms? yet not for those,Nor what the Potent Victor in his rage Can else inflict, do I repent or change,Though chang'd in outward lustre; that fixt mindAnd high disdain, from sence of injur'd merit,That with the mightiest rais'd me to contend,And to the fierce contention brought along Innumerable force of Spirits arm'dThat durst dislike his reign, and me preferring,His utmost power with adverse power oppos'dIn dubious Battel on the Plains of Heav'n,And shook his throne.

She will have proved, once and for all, that a woman can grow older without looking old.

She is only forty five! She is not even near "growing old". Please, someone tell me why a college degree is required to write tripe? These people may be educated but they sure have no intellectual capacity.

I don't think enough credit is being given to the luck of good DNA when it comes to Michelle's attractively toned arms. Yes, she gets points for staying in a slim weight range. She has an athletic backgound and has used the muscles in her arms. But, speaking from experience, with all that being true, your arms can, nevertheless, go to hell during middleage. I am still very physical at 61 but my arms look just like my mother's even though she led a more sedentary life. While I blow dry my hair, I gaze upon the flapping softness of my upper arms with revolted fascination. Because of my own reality, I find all this hoopla about Michell's arms particulary annoying.

Ann, you wanna take a swim with me? I got a pair of TYR paddles that strengthen your pull. Then we can use the LIFESTYLE treadmill to do 5k. Then we can go have a JAMBA juice health drink. But i'm warning you, it's really better to eat a fruit than to have fruit juices most of the time. Just eat a grapefruit instead. Or kumquats, you don't even have to peel those. I don't know how to get more advertising into my posts besides to say I gotta run to Dominics, a division of SAFEWAY to get some toilet paper, because a QUAKER on the sign at the busstop told me GO Humans GO. And now duty calls.

I just thought of eastman (the author, not kodak) and remembered the book: go, dogs, go! I wonder if he should sue? It looks a little to close for comfort. That tagline.

They are evidence of a forty-five-year-old woman’s refusal to give up every free moment in service to husband, kids, and all the nagging distractions that could have filled her days and left her tuning in to “Oprah,” trying to figure out how she’d lost herself along the way.

A pox on those flabby-armed Oprah watchers. They represent everything that's wrong with this country.

This is ridiculous. I go to the gym religiously and see beautiful sculpted arms on both males and females. Michelle Obama's arms are nothing like what I see and want on a daily basis.

I think part of it is that those arms look attainable to some, similar to what this story says. No you are not going to eve have Madonna arms but you could definitely get Michelle Obama arms. Now get to work.

I do admit arms are my favorite body part on a man. There is nothing better than a man that fills out a tshirt with nice round guns. I just want to bite them or least make him flex them while he is blowing me and then I can feel them-that is one my favorite things to do sexually.

What do you guys like to do sexually? Let's really get to know each other here and talk about our inner sexual feelings. Don't be shy. What do you like, fantasize about, desire? Do you walk by someone during the day and say I need to get that?

I was on the street once and closed my eyes momentarily and felt a man's soul. I opened my eyes and saw a man that reflected the lavishness of his poor decision in the tone of his silver hair like silk stockings, but nary a worry of that in the few lines on his face that was at peace with the soul that i felt.

Michelle Obama is one strong lady. Who makes fun of strength? It seems that the news stories are implying that she is being being talked about negatively. That is a Strawman argument that Mrs. Obama cannot lose. All publicity is good publicity, especially pictures that form a permanent mental image. Good job Demo PR guys.

I met another man who lost his brain in bed. That one tried to convince me of the same, too.

The most frightening nightmare was waking up and seeing my mind runaway with some great legs on it. Luckily, we've all caught up with each other because my soul, the one following close behind, was in fast action backwards.

It's hard work moving about stacking things up. I'll be in one place sooner than I know it.

Lightning and its subsequent thunder can be used in lightning safety to protect yourself and others. The flash-to-bang method of protection considers the time between seeing lightning to hearing its thunder. Light from lightning travels at the speed of 186,000 miles per second (300,000 km/second), arriving at the observer in about 10 microseconds when the strike point is 1.85 miles (3 km) away. The sound wave, at an air temperature of 68° F (20° C) and atmospheric pressure of 29.92 in of mercury or 1,013.25 millibars, arrives more slowly in about 10 seconds. Figure 1 shows how a time interval from flash-to-bang of 5 seconds = 1 mile (1.6 km) can be approximated.

The Lightning Safety Group (LSG), an interdisciplinary group of the nation's lightning experts, met at the 1998 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. New lightning data showed that most CG flashes in a storm were within 5-6 miles (8-9.6 km) of the previous flash. The LSG recommended what has become known as the 30/30 Rule. Using the flash-to-bang method, lightning that has a 30-second count between the flash and the thunder is 6 miles (9.6 km) away. This translates into 5 seconds per mile (1.6 km). It is possible that the next flash of CG lightning may occur at your location.

Is it better for the straight guys that his women has nice arms or big tits? Which is preferable? I am guessing big tits.

You will notice that the many that are highlighting Michelle Obama's arms are women. They are attractive to them because I believe it may be something that they would like and feel they could get those kind of arms. Also, again, I think the women would like to wear the sleeveless dresses, blouses etc but may feel conscious about doing it because they don't have the right arms. I mean really, how many men even look at this kind of stuff? Besides the gays of course.

The first time I ever saw Michelle Obama was in the video in this Althouse post: http://althouse.blogspot.com/2007/05/he-still-didnt-put-butter-up-i-was-like.htmlAnd the first thing I noticed about her were her arms and the way she put her hands on her hips. It gave her a confident aura and I liked it enough to comment about it. Those arms say a lot.